QueenSpark Books want your stories

QueenSpark Books, the UK’s longest-serving community publisher will be publishing four new books as part of it’s Heritage Lottery Funded project, Archives Alive.

THE books, to be launched in July 2019, will draw on archive material from its previous 106 publications.

Working with local volunteers, QueenSpark will also be collecting new material for the books, and is looking for your stories, memories and anecdotes about Brighton and Hove, relating to the following themes:

‘Unsung heroes and pioneers’ – people who shaped Brighton, those who arrived and made a difference, and those who keep Brighton running today.

‘Outskirts’ – stories and memories from areas on the outskirts of the city, e.g. Moulsecoomb, Whitehawk, Portslade, Bevendean, etc.

‘Alternative Cultures’ – music, art, fashion, sexuality, politics, Co-ops, Open Houses, Naked Bike Ride etc.

‘Terraces’ – neighbours and neighbourhood, architecture and building, and how it creates and impacts upon our communities.

Do you have any stories, anecdotes or memories – anything from 20 words to 300 – about any of the above?

If so, email them to john@queensparkbooks.org.uk by 5pm, on Monday, November 26, and they’ll be put forward to the editing groups for possible inclusion in the books.

Also include a name that you would like to be credited by on the email.